Gendered change: 150 years of transformation in US hours by Ngai, LR, Olivetti, C, Petrongolo, B

“…Given gender compara-tive advantages, the first channel is more relevant for men, reducing male hours, while the second channel is more relevant for women, increasing female hours. …”

Looking for work? Or looking for workers? Days and hours of work in London construction in the eighteenth century by Stephenson, J

Overtime hours in Great Britain over the period 1975-1999: a panel data analysis by Gregory, M, Kalwij, A

“…Around 40% of the male workforce regularly works 8 to 9 hours a week of paid overtime. This paper investigates the determinants of overtime hours in Britain over the period 1975-1999. …”

Overtime Hours in Great Britain Over the Period 1975-1999: A Panel Data Analysis. by Kalwij, A, Gregory, M

“…Around 40% of the male workforce regularly works 8 to 9 hours a week of paid overtime. This paper investigates the determinants of overtime hours in Britain over the period 1975-1999. …”

Consequences of Teenage childbearing in Peru: is the extended-school-hour-program an effective policy instrument to prevent teenage pregnancy? by Sanchez, A, Favara, M

Why did working hours increase in eighteenth-century London? Labour supply decisions and consumer durables during the industrial revolution by Voth, H-J

The gender wage gap in an online labour market: the cost of interruptions by Adams-Prassl, A

“…Nonetheless, women earn 20% less per hour on average. Gender differences in working patterns are a statistically and economically significant driver of this wage gap. …”

Spinning their wheels: a reply to Jane Humphries and Benjamin Schneider by Allen, R

“…They collected thousands of observations of the earnings of women, but they do not know how many hours the spinners worked, so the data fail to establish whether their wage per hour (the relevant variable) was high or low. …”

Does Housework Lower Wages and Why? Evidence for Britain. by Bryan, M, Sanz, A

“…Women working full-time in the UK earn on average about 18% per hour less than men (EOC, 2005). Traditional labour economics has focussed on gender differences in human capital to explain the gender wage gap. …”

Job polarisation in the UK: an assessment using longitudinal data by Holmes, C

“…This paper provides an assessment of Goos and Manning's (2007) polarised or 'hour-glass' labout market thesis, which they claim has been caused by a period of routinisation where labout engaged in routine task occupations has been replaced by computer capital. …”

Stock Market Trading in Space and Time: Information and HSBC Share Prices in New York, London and Hong Kong, 2006-2009. by Wójcik, D

“…The distribution of price discovery is analysed across the three markets, within a 24-hour cycle of trading, and in the period between 2006 and 2009, showing a clear relationship with the distribution of private information about HSBC. …”

Does housework lower wages and why? Evidence for Britain by Sevilla-Sanz, A, Bryan, M

“…Women working full-time in the UK earn on average about 18% per hour less than men (EOC, 2005). Traditional labour economics has focussed on gender differences in human capital to explain the gender wage gap. …”

The effect of lengthening the school day on children's achievement in Ethiopia by Orkin, K

“…Many schools in developing countries have four-hour school days and teach two groups of children each day. …”

Electricity Supply Interruptions – Sectoral Interdependencies and the Cost of Energy Not Served for the Scottish Economy by Poudineh, R, Jamasb, T

“…The results also indicate that SCENS varies with duration of a power cut, ranging from around £4300/MWh for a one-minute outage to around £8100/MWh for a three hour (and higher) interruption. The economic impact of estimates can be used to design policies for contingencies such as roll-out priorities as well as preventive investments in the sector.…”

The future in mind: Aspirations and forward-looking behaviour in rural Ethiopia by Tanguy, B, Dercon, S, Orkin, K, Taffesse, A

“…The result that a one-hour documentary shown six months earlier induces actual behavioural change suggests a challenging, promising avenue for further research and poverty-related interventions.…”

Sleep duration and brain structure - phenotypic associations and genotypic covariance by Fjell, AM, Sørensen, Ø, Wang, Y, Amlien, IK, Barré, WFC, Bartrés-Faz, D, Bertram, L, Boraxbekk, C-J, Brandmaier, AM, Demuth, I, Drevon, CA, Ebmeier, KP, Ghisletta, P, Kievit, R, Kühn, S, Madsen, KS, Mowinckel, AM, Nyberg, L, Sexton, CE, Solé-Padullés, C, Vidal-Piñero, D, Wagner, G, Watne, LO, Walhovd, KB

“…Critical values, defined by 95% confidence intervals, were 5.7 and 7.9 hours. There was regional variation, with for instance the hippocampus showing largest volume at 6.3 hours. …”

Time and work in eighteenth-century London by Voth, H-J

“…Witnesses' accounts are used to analyse changes in working hours between 1750 and 1800. Two findings stand out. …”

Occupational choice in early industrializing societies: Experimental evidence on the income and health effects of industrial and entrepreneurial work by Blattman, C, Dercon, S

“…Industrial jobs offered more hours than the control group’s informal opportunities, but had little impact on incomes due to lower wages. …”

Occupational choice in early industrializing societies: experimental evidence on the income and health effects of industrial and entrepreneurial work by Blattman, C, Dercon, S

“…Industrial jobs offered more hours than the control group's informal opportunities, but had little impact on incomes due to lower wages. …”

The price of time and labour supply: from the Black Death to the Industrious Revolution by Koyama, M

“…This changed prior to the industrial revolution: total working hours increased (De Vries (1993), Voth (1998, 2000)). …”